Bought an 89 GQ about 2 weeks ago now as mu Suzuki Vitara dies, or at least was close to death, got 2 K for it as a trade on this GQ wagon, which had the price on the windscreen of 8990... So straight off 7K out of pocket.

Day 2 took it back under its 1K warranty as engine was missing driving down highway.. They fixed turned out to be points.

Day 4 driver’s side front brake line burst they fixed, day 7 other front brake line burst. They fixed also,

From day 2 I noticed at different speeds and if there was a bend in the highway the steering or the front end would shake like hell.. They said this was a Nissan problem.. Called several different places who one wanted to bite me 200 just to diagnose the problem... Found a guy at tyrepower Rocklea who said he had fixed hundreds of Nissans, and even Nissan bought cars to him to fix. He had it for the better part of the day and only cost $250, I don’t know if it’s my imagination of not but there is still a slight shaking. Shudder in the car, have called him back he said it could be drive train or a number of other things but he said he was happy with the before and after, the only faults he could find was one bush had a slight crack in it, which he said I could get another 6-12 months out of. He did say the front end was sitting an inch lower than stock, and I have noticed the rear end sitting lower than my mates GQ.

There is no rust except for a small minor patch on bottom of one of the rear windows... no sight the car has ever been off road, the bodywork is like it came off the showroom floor, think previous owners only ever used it for towing, it’s got 210000 on the clock and inside the car looks like new. The guy at tyrepower said to fix the sagging rear and front end he would put a 50mm suspension lift in it fitted for 1350.
under the bonnet looks like a new car also, apart from the problems I had with the windscreen washer leak, which I fixed by pulling out a pump from my son's old ford, which fixed that. Just paid 275 for window tinting.

Have FOUND ONE OF THE SOLENOID connectors broken off for the rear diff lock, and the hose was plugged up with a screw, have tried fixing that.

All my mates are telling me I got a good truck, but after seeing prices for same model or even newer cars on the net, I'm wondering if I not only paid too much but have bought a lemon. I know its 23 years old, I dont expect it to be in as new condition, but can some one on here since this is all about Nissan patrols, have I thrown my money away...